Samuel Taylor Coleridge- well-known romantic poet, youngest of his ten siblings, didn’t have a pleasant childhood since he was bullied by his second youngest brother, and had brother and sister dying. He didn’t have the greatest mother in the world, and she didn’t care much about him. As many children would, Coleridge ran away from his house, and after he returned the next morning, he didn’t stay the same as he was before. Experiencing cold and dark night, Col had his views on our world in very different way than before running away. As Coleridge was growing up, his father passed away and Coleridge was sent to school in London. He had big interest in books and was one of the greatest students in his class.
Coleridge’s brother and sister died very young and Coleridge became very ill. He took some medicine for the treatment which contained opium, and began his lifelong journey using this drug. Coleridge was publishing poems and they were read by people, so it seemed like they were going to get him some fame that he was strongly hoping for. Fighting, fighting, and fighting to stay clean and wealthy; Coleridge had struggled to reach his goals and kept on failing. After not so great marriage, he had a son and was getting some work done to help his family, but all of a sudden his son (Berkeley) died. Berkeley had a reaction to treatment from smallpox. Sadly, Coleridge didn’t hurry to return home and help his wife with the loss of son. Not being able to become free from opium, Coleridge was just getting in bigger debt and opium was big influence on his work. Having horrible childhood, sad family experience, and drug problems, Coleridge was able to write one of the greatest poems, which are famous and read all over the world.
Coleridge summed himself in very meaningful and creative way:
Beneath this sod
A Poet lies; or that which once was he.
O lift one thought in prayer for S.T.C.
That he, who many a year with toil of breath,
Found Death in Life, may here find Life in Death.
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